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Des de Moor
Best beer and travel writing award 2015, 2011 -- British Guild of Beer Writers Awards
Accredited Beer Sommelier
Writer of "Probably the best book about beer in London" - Londonist
"A necessity if you're a beer geek travelling to London town" - Beer Advocate
"A joy to read" - Roger Protz
"Very authoritative" - Tim Webb.
"One of the top beer writers in the UK" - Mark Dredge.
"A beer guru" - Popbitch.
Des de Moor

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Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 2007

Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version first appeared on facebook January 2009.

ABV: 13% Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA Website: http://www.gooseisland.com

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

Originally brewed to celebrate this outstanding brewery’s 1000th batch of beer in 1992, this became the USA’s first cask matured beer and started a cult phenomenon among enthusiasts. […]

Port Older Viscosity 2009

Great British Beer Festival 2010

ABV: 12.5% Origin: San Marcos, California, USA Website: www.portbrewing.com

Port Older Viscosity

Port Brewing is one of the leading lights of West Coast craft brewing, particularly for the Lost Abbey series of special beers created by its head brewer Tomme Arthur. At GBBF, Older Viscosity was labelled a […]

Brooklyn Local 1

Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version was first published on facebook January 2009.

ABV: 9% Origin: New York City, New York, USA Website: www.brooklynbrewery.com

Brooklyn Local 1

Celebrity brewer Garrett Oliver of the influential Brooklyn brewery has excelled himself with this stylishly bottled and bottle conditioned premium treat, and New Yorkers should think […]

Allagash Victoria Ale

Top tastings 2008. A shorter version was first published on facebook January 2009. Beer sellers: Bierkraft

ABV: 9% Origin: Portland, Maine, USA Website: www.allagash.com

Allagash Victoria Ale

Victoria is a very special golden ale brewed with Chardonnay grapes, part of the brewery’s “tribute” series, with $1 from each bottle going towards restoration […]

High & Mighty Beer of the Gods

The Hepworth version featured in a piece on ales with which to convert lager drinkers, first published in BEER February 2009. This version may no longer be in production.

ABV: 4.5% Origin: Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA (original version); Horsham, West Sussex, England (licensed version) Website: www.highandmightybeer.com, www.papercity.com

High & Mighty Beer Company

While licensing […]

Rogue XS Imperial Stout

First published in BEER January 2008 as part of a piece about imperial stouts. For more imperial stouts see previous post.

ABV: 11 per cent Origin: Newport, Oregon, USA Website www.rogueales.com

Rogue XS Imperial Stout

Founded in 1988, Rogue are now a mainstay of the craft brewing hotbed of the Pacific Northwest and […]

Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

Bières sans frontières, Great British Beer Festival 2007. For more selections see previous post.

ABV: 10.6% Origin: Brooklyn, New York, USA Website: www.brooklynbrewery.com

Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

The Brooklyn brewery, with its world famous and well travelled head brewer Garrett Oliver, needs little introduction — originally established to revive the pre-Prohibition style of […]

Anchor Porter

First published in BEER July 2006 as part of a page about beers from the USA available in the UK. See previous post for more beers from the USA.

ABV: 5.6 per cent Origin: San Francisco, California, USA Website www.anchorbrewing.com

Anchor Porter

The Anchor brewery of San Francisco has a special significance both […]

Goose Island Honker’s Ale

First published in BEER July 2006 as part of a page about beers from the USA available in the UK. See previous post for more beers from the USA.

ABV: 4.3 per cent Origin: Chicago, Illinois, USA Website: www.gooseisland.com

Goose Island Honker's Ale

When marketing man John Hall opened his Goose Island brewpub […]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Originally published in BEER July 2006 as part of a page about beers from the USA available in the UK

ABV: 5.6 per cent Origin: Chico, California, USA Website: www.sierranevada.com

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

With 4 July imminent, I’m raising a toast to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness with a trio […]